Life and Transition

The harmonised draft will indeed require comment both on the drafting style and the content. I have barely glanced through it . Looking at the bill of rights i am particularly struck by the right to Life Section 35 (1) Every person has the right to life (2) A person shall not be arbitrarily deprived of life. The second leaves a window of opportunity for life to to be taken and concrete reasons given as to why it has been taken. If we Kenyans value life then we must clearly state that it must not be taken under any circumstances. if we believe that they are those circumstances that it must be taken then clearly state so. If we want the death penalty abolished then this should be clearly stated.

The section also reminded me that the CoE was struggling with many a "political question" and they have basically thrown the ball back on our court( read Citizens) to Guide them loudly and in a clear and concrete manner on the way forward on such delicate issues.

An attempt on the issues of transition has been made however the Number of Bills that have to be passed under the sixth schedule in order to operationalize the constitution in the next year suggest that our parliament have to pass more bills than the 9 they average per year. This will be a challenge.......

.......... Happy Reading to all

27 days to go.

Reading through the chapters of the proposed constitution,I get the feel that it is going to generate more heat than expected.One wise person said,the devil is in the details and unless we read between and within the lines,we might nod our heads in approval and assume that it is a wisely crafted document.

I am not suggesting that it is a bad document.No,I mean it is good that each of us read and weed out any clause that seems to raise eyebrows or even pick out those areas that might cause controversy and share it out with the rest on the blogspace.I suggest that chapters champions come up(Not locking out the Uganda partners)who shall analyse the draft and shares views widely

Marthin circulate the online form of the draft.